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Recent Examples of scenarist
Director Wincer and scenarist Wittliff have created a big-hearted epic that sits tall in the saddle, a vivid video display of cowboy iconography that’s got the Emmy brand all over it, and that thrillingly shows how the West can be magnificently won by Hollywood.
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Miles Beller, HollywoodReporter, 4 Feb. 2026
The scenarist of the eternal frontier first had to get there.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 22 June 2023
Presumably these dynamics played better in scenarist Sarah Alderson’s original novel (which is set in Lisbon rather than Split).
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 3 Mar. 2022
McCarthy merely affects sociological seriousness by collaborating with French screenwriter Thomas Bidegain, the scenarist of Jacques Audiard’s 2009 social-justice movie A Prophet, a precursor to Hollywood’s blame-mass-incarceration trend.
—Armond White, National Review, 28 July 2021
Much of the first hour is devoted to getting-the-band-back-together mechanics, which also lets the scenarists — Mr. Singer, Michael Dougherty, Dan Harris and Simon Kinberg — give the characters some new emotional scars.
—Glenn Kenny, New York Times, 26 May 2016
Miles Beller, HollywoodReporter, 4 Feb. 2026
The scenarist of the eternal frontier first had to get there.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 22 June 2023
Presumably these dynamics played better in scenarist Sarah Alderson’s original novel (which is set in Lisbon rather than Split).
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 3 Mar. 2022
McCarthy merely affects sociological seriousness by collaborating with French screenwriter Thomas Bidegain, the scenarist of Jacques Audiard’s 2009 social-justice movie A Prophet, a precursor to Hollywood’s blame-mass-incarceration trend.
—Armond White, National Review, 28 July 2021
Much of the first hour is devoted to getting-the-band-back-together mechanics, which also lets the scenarists — Mr. Singer, Michael Dougherty, Dan Harris and Simon Kinberg — give the characters some new emotional scars.
—Glenn Kenny, New York Times, 26 May 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scenarist
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Turn ChatGPT into a strategist, an analyst, a hook researcher, a structural editor, and a scriptwriter trained on your voice.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2026
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But then, just as the scriptwriters were smelling another famous European night in Liverpool, Mariani was sent to the monitors by the VAR.—
Greg O'Keeffe,
New York Times,
15 Apr. 2026
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Authorities have identified the hiker who suffered a fatal medical emergency in Runyon Canyon as 78-year-old screenwriter William Hasley.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2026
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Lehane is a novelist, most recently of Small Mercies, and screenwriter.—
Time,
Time,
10 June 2026
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The theater was built by songwriter, dramatist and playwright Arthur Hammerstein to honor his father, Oscar Hammerstein I, and opened as Hammerstein’s Theater in 1927.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
22 May 2026
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In transcripts of hearings of the notorious House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), Garber finds an upwelling of voices from the literary past, among them Christopher Marlowe, the revenge dramatist Thomas Kyd, and, from first to last, Shakespeare, Shakespeare, Shakespeare.—
Charlie Tyson,
The Atlantic,
27 Apr. 2026
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On stage, Marvel has collaborated with playwrights and directors Edward Albee, Caryl Churchill, Jon Robin Baitz, and Ivo van Hove.—
Erik Hayden,
HollywoodReporter,
12 June 2026
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Besides all the people who make sacrifices to care for someone in poor health or in need, the inspirations for OnWord Theatre’s first staged musical were actress/playwright Anna Deavere Smith and playwright Lynn Nottage.—
David L. Coddon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 June 2026
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Over the years, writers from around the world have tried their hands at using soccer as a backdrop for memorable fiction.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
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Staff writer Jeff Horseman contributed to this report.—
Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Oc Register,
10 June 2026
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Reflecting this, in 1726’s Gulliver’s Travels, the Irish litterateur Jonathan Swift satirized early scientists as buffoons.—
Thomas Moynihan,
Big Think,
7 Mar. 2025
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The book was first published anonymously, and its authorship is consequently uncertain, though usually attributed to a minor poet and litterateur named Wu Cheng’en.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
3 Mar. 2021
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Avoid triggers, but carry an epinephrine pen for emergency treatment of anaphylaxis for when triggers are unavoidable or unknown.—
Ruth Jessen Hickman,
Health,
12 June 2026
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Players can’t put pen to paper until the moratorium lifts just after noon on July 6.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
11 June 2026
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“Scenarist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scenarist. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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